U.S. may have overthrown Venezuela due to chat with Grok

(thedailybeast.com)

30 points | by tty456 1 hour ago

5 comments

  • bananaflag 4 minutes ago
    > AI chatbots, however, are not capable of thought or reasoning. Its answers to his questions simply reflect the material on which it has been trained.

    They would be more credible if they did not add paragraphs like these.

    They could instead say something in the vein of "AI chatbots cannot be trusted, in the same way human sycophants, no matter how smart they are, cannot be trusted". But they would have to abandon their precious human exceptionalism.

  • oytech 27 minutes ago
  • armchairhacker 22 minutes ago
    What do Venezuelans currently think?

    Unlike the Iran War, this hasn’t wasted significant resources or otherwise affected US citizens, so I don’t see why they should care outside compassion…which includes listening to the recipients.

    • holoduke 20 minutes ago
      Same as Saudi Arabia. People there are still getting beheaded. And its government is under full control of the US. Same thing in Venezuela. Nobody cares about it citizens. Oil is what matters.
  • trencedamp 28 minutes ago
    Unsurprising. I think we all suspect this is happening.

    Although I've not spent any time on daily beast, now after a minute or two scrolling other stories it seems quite sensationalist and tabloid like

  • HedonicEscal8r 28 minutes ago
    vibewar